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The Western Front Today - Tank Corps Memorial

The Tank Corps memorial, at
Pozieres on the Somme battlefront, marks the first occasion upon which tanks
were used in battle.

This was at the
Battle of
Flers-Courcelette on 15 September 1916 as part of the ongoing
(primarily) British
Somme Offensive.
The obelisk memorial, surrounded by four mini tanks, is sited at a position
where tanks were gathered in readiness for the attack on the night of 14
September 1916.